Telephone attachment



H. F. ZINK, In.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1920.

1, 91 0 7 V PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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' ing at Chicago, in the'county UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

HERMAN I. znvx, JR, onoruoeeo, ILLINOIS.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN F. ZINK, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented 1 new and useful Improvements in Telephone Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to telephone attachments in the nature of a card displaying data which is useful to the subscriber of the 3'5 they are into the phone, and its object is to provide a device of this kind embodying certain novel features to be pointed out in detail hereinafter.. 1

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in said drawingFigure 1 is a face view of the device in place on the transmitter of a telephone, and Fig. 2 is a face view of the device removed from the transmitter. 7

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5

denotes a disk of pasteboard or other suitable light and cheapmaterial, provided with a central opening 6 so that it may be mounted on'the neck of a telephone transmitter, back of the mouthpiece. On the face of the disk is mounted a series of calendar leaves 7 which are shaped to cover the uper half of the disk and to clear the, opening 6" so as not to interfere with the mounting of the disk on the transmitter. The leaves 7 have eyelets '8 at one end by which strung on a flexible tongue 8 carried by the disk. The tongue 8 is bent over form of a hook to hold the leaves, and one leaf after the othermay be removed asthe dates designated thereon expire. The leaves may. also contain advertising matter such'as the program fora moving picture theater, and the upper portion ofthe disk also contains an advertisement of said theater, and other data as shown in 2.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed February 9, 1920. Serial No. 357,163.

On the lower half of the disk are mounted dollars.

The purpose of the two pointers and the dials on which they indicate is to register and thus keep an account of nickel calls made so as to enable the subscriber to know at a glance how many nickels he has deposited. Each time a nickel is deposited, the pointer 9 will be moved one step, and after it has made one complete revolution to register one dollar, the pointer 10 is set opposite the one opposite the two dollar graduation, and so on. The subscriber can therefore tell at a glance how many calls have been made andhow much money has been deposited.

The device is very simple and it can be made cheap enough for free distribution as .an advertising novelty.

I claim: A telephone attachment comprising a disk having means for attachment to the transmitter mouthpiece, a pivoted pointer carried by the disk, a dial of numerals on the disk for said pointer, and a second pivoted pointer and dial therefor on the disk to indicate the number of complete revolutions of the first mentioned pointer, said pointers being independently and manually operable.

In testimony whereof I ailix mysignature.

, HERMAN R'ZINK, JR.

on a dial 11 printed dollar graduation of its. dial. At the completion of a second revolution of the pointer 9, thepointer 10 is set 

